This old Snowy Owl rises above his winter kingdom to say goodbye for another year. He and several other Snowy's provided me with a superb photo season and much joy outdoors facing the cold and wind with them - a real communion with nature.

Many thanks to good friends present and other good people who kindly left me in peace this year, knowing that as I grow older, I need more solitude when with my favourite bird.

Three small branches to the left of my signature clonned away. Image cropped for composition purposes. I usually track my birds in flight dead center in my viewfinder for auto focus purposes. This forces me to compose afterwards.

Cheers,

Mike